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Mark C Franek

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Mark C Franek is an American sportswriter, educator, and former attorney who happily traded marble floors for greener pastures. He has written extensively on sports and human-interest topics for major publications. He teaches at YSC Academy, an independent high school embedded within Major League Soccer’s Philadelphia Union franchise, where he developed a course on the history of elite men’s U.S. soccer.

Over nearly three decades, Mark has had the privilege of teaching more than a score of student-athletes who went on to play professional soccer in MLS and Europe. His former students include Olympic and World Cup players. Others, after hanging up their boots, went on to become coaches, technical directors, general managers, owners of profes ...more

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